Draft-equalizer



f N5 Model.) i A. H. BALBS.

DRAFT EQUALIZER.

N0.377;978. Patented Feb. 14, 1888;. 1

I .mu w

1 7V 5. WEE n a wzrwgsjas I .Zlttbrne s.

, N. PETER$ Phetoul WM 0. C.

UNITED STATES ALANSON HOWARD BALES,

or WASHINGTON, .KANSAS.

DRAFT-EQUALIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,978 datedfebruary1d, 1888.

Application filed September 29, 1887. Serial No. 251,020. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALANsoN HOWARDv BALEs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDraft-Equalizers for Tongue-Cultivators; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to draft-equalizers for tongue-cultivators, &c.;and the object of my invention is to produce an equalizer or evener bymeans of which each animal will be enabled to perform his full share ofwork, and which shall avoid all downward draft upon the tongue of themachine.

To the above purposes my invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction and arrangement, hereinafter described, and pointed out inthe claims.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cultivator with my improvementsapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates an arched barprovided with side and bottom portions, or a a a forming with the sideportion of the archedbar a rectangular frame, as shown in Fig. 1, for apurpose presently explained.

.T represents the pole or tongue, which is connected to bar A andcross-beam H by any well-known means, and it is provided at its innerend with forked arms d (1, having depending hooks b 2), whereby theplow-beams G are swung from the ground when not in use.

e e are braces connected at their upper ends to the forks d (1, theirlower ends being connected to the side portions, aa of the arched bar A.At each end of the cross-beam H are secured depending rods G, having attheir lower ends hooks g.

The letters B B denote the eveners, which are pivoted by a rod, 1), tothe rectangular frame of said arched bar A. Said eveners are provided attheir upper ends with eyes, in which are connected the inner ends ofrods f f, the opposite ends of said rods being connected to cross-beamH. Secured at one end to the lower ends of the eveners B are the beamsC, said beams being provided with V shaped arms D, arranged in pairs oneach side of the beams. The rods are provided on their outer ends withhooks or eyes i t, with which to connect them with the trees E F. One ofeach of these V-shaped arms is detachably connected to the hooks g ofthe depending arms G, which holds the eveners and prevents them frombecoming twisted or otherwise thrown out of position.

It will be readily understood from the foregoing description of theconstructionand arrangement of the eveners that they will vibratevertically when in use by means of their pivoted connections. It willalso be seen' that each animal works independently of the other, andthat all strain upon theframe is avoided, as by my construction therecan be no downward draft upon the pole or tongue.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. The combination of the arched axle A, having the rectangular framesformed therewith, the eveners pivoted in said frames, the cross-beam H,the hook-rods G 1), connected together, said rods D made in V-shapedform, and the beams 0, connected to rods D and to the eveners, as shownand described.

. 2. The combination of the arched bar having depending rectangularframes, the eveners pivoted within the frames and having conneections toa cross-beam by means of rods at the top and bottom portions of saideveners, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with an arched bar, A, having adepending rectangularframe, and the eveners B B, pivotally connected to said frame andcarrying one end of each of the beams C, said beams having V-shapedrodsD,-of the cross-beam H, having dependingrods G, with hook ends g, forsupporting rods D, and the rods f f, connected to the upper end of theeveners, and @1 9 secured. t the cro s-beam as shown'and described;

4. The combination, with the arch having rectangular frame, the'tongue,and trees, of

' the evener-frame pivoted in the rectangular frame, the rods connectingthe trees and equalizers, and the pendentloop-rods, said looped rodssustaining the trees and equalizers, as shown and'described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in 10 presence of twowitnesses.

ALANSON HOWARD BALES.

\Vitnesses:

.W. H. MoCoMAoK,

G. H. WILLIS.

